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…gods; Kampaṉ called his work Irāmāvatāram (“Rāma’s Incarnation”); yet the emphasis is not on Vishnu but on dharma (“the law”), localized and Tamilized. More like Sanskrit than Śaṅgam poets, Kampaṉ revels in elaborate metaphor, hyperbole, and fanciful descriptions of virtue and nature. The work is long, consisting of about 40,000…